This report offers a review of literature from various sources on the impacts of the production and use of liquid biofuels, which are used mainly in the transport sector.
Organization(s):
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), Biofuels Task Force
Natural World Heritage sites are internationally recognized as having the highest global conservation significance and include iconic places such as the Serengeti, Great Barrier Reef and the Galapagos Islands.
El objetivo preciso de este manual de referencia es coadyuvar a la gestión de los valores naturales en los bienes del Patrimonio Mundial. Por ello su meta son los bienes, naturales y mixtos, del Patrimonio Mundial y los paisajes culturales (inscritos en función de criterios culturales).
Organization(s):
IUCN
International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), IT
This publication presents 18 case studies to demonstrate how Protected Areas (PAs) can be better managed for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA).
Los principales objetivos de este manual de referencia son a: ayudar a los administradores y a las autoridades encargadas de la gestión de bienes del Patrimonio Mundial natural y cultural a reducir los riesgos que corren esos bienes debido a los desastres tanto naturales o provocados por los sere
Organization(s):
IUCN
International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), IT
This study focuses on pastoralism's current and future potential for securing sustainable managment and green economy outcomes from the world's rangelands.
Esta publicación proporciona una orientación para los gestores de áreas protegidas terrestres, marinas y de agua dulce, tanto a nivel de sistemas como de sitios, con respecto a la restauración de los valores naturales de la áreas protegidas y otros valores asociados.
Author(s):
Cairns, Stephanie
Dudley, Nigel
Hall, Carol
Keeneleyside, Karen
Stolton, Sue
Organization(s):
IUCN
Canada, Parks Canada
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Society for Ecological Restoration International, US
La presente publicación argumenta que una gobernanza que es apropriada al contexto y de buena calidad es de crucial importancia para la conservación eficaz y equitativa.
Author(s):
Borrini, Grazia
Dudley, Nigel
Jaeger, Tilman
Lassen, Barbara
Pathak, Neema
Phillips, Adrian
Sandwith, Trevor
Organization(s):
IUCN
Biodiversity and Protected Area Management (BIOPAMA) Programme
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
Germany, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Cette publication affirme qu'une gouvernance qui est à la fois adaptée au contexte et bonne est essentielle pour une conservation efficace et équitable.
Author(s):
Borrini, Grazia
Dudley, Nigel
Jaeger, Tilman
Lassen, Barbara
Pathak, Neema
Phillips, Adrian
Sandwith, Trevor
Organization(s):
IUCN
Biodiversity and Protected Area Management (BIOPAMA) Programme
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
Germany, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Wood product trade in the Central American-Dominican Republic region currently poses great challenges for the systems employed to report and verify statistical information.
Author(s):
Milla Quesada, Víctor
Navarro Monge, Guillermo A.
Santamaría Gutiérrez, Oscar J.
Vargas Bolívar, Luis C.
Organization(s):
IUCN
European Forest Institute
IUCN, Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC)
Governments, companies, banks and civil society are placing more emphasis on the rigorous application of the mitigation hierarchy to avoid, minimize and compensate for projects' impacts on biodiversity.
The goal of biodiversity offsets -- measurable conservation outcomes resulting from actions designed to compensate for significant residual adverse biodiversity impacts arising from project development after other appropriate prevention and mitigation measures have been taken -- is to achieve no
La publicación expone los avances en el ámbito de la producción de conocimiento en torno a los páramos, destacando las tareas pendientes a propósito del posible impacto del cambio climático en este ecosistema, sus posibilidades de adaptación y la dimensión humana de sus territorios.
This fourth and final publication of the IUCN-UNEP/GEF-ABS-LAC Regional Project focuses on applying the different technical elements that encourage capacity building on the issues of Access and Sharing of Benefits Derived from the Utilization of Genetic Resources (ABS).
Author(s):
Mora, Arturo
Rios, Montserrat
Organization(s):
Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial (FMAM)
IUCN, Regional Office for South America
Programa de Naciones para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA)
La presente publicación aporta una serie de herramientas clave preparadas y recogidas durante el Proyecto Regional GEF "Fortalecimiento de la Implementación de los Regímenes de Acceso a Recursos Genéticos de Beneficios en América Latina y el Caribe," contribuyendo con una compilación de códigos d
Author(s):
Mora, Arturo
Rios, Montserrat
Organization(s):
Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial (FMAM)
IUCN, Regional Office for South America
Programa de Naciones para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA)
This toolkit, prepared through the Ad-Hoc Working Group on the Development of European National Committees in collaboration with IUCN national committees in Europe, gives background on the purpose of national committees within IUCN and provides guidance on establishing a national committee, using
This toolkit, prepared through the Ad-Hoc Working Group on the Development of European National Committees in collaboration with IUCN national committees in Europe, gives background on the purpose of national committees within IUCN and provides guidance on establishing a national committee, using
This toolkit, prepared through the Ad-Hoc Working Group on the Development of European National Committees in collaboration with IUCN national committees in Europe, gives background on the purpose of national committees within IUCN and provides guidance on establishing a national committee, using
The seabed of South Yemen has a beautiful abundance of corals. This field guide presents information on the identification for each species, as well as information on their ecology and distribution. The text is accompanied by numerous photographs.
The IUCN Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean shares this collection with great pleasure, which brings together books, investigations, technical documents and audiovisual products, created from 1988 to 2013.
Organization(s):
IUCN, Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC)
Ce rapport Réflexions méditerranéennes 2012-2013 présente les principales activités du Centre de Coopération pour la Méditerranée de l'Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature (UICN-Med), menées par les différents programmes mis en oeuvre depuis Malaga en 2012 et 2013, ains
Mediterranean Reflections 2012-2013 is a report summarizing the main activities of the Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN-Med) developed by the various programmes that are operating from Malaga in 2012, 2013 and part of the wo
Water practitioners are increasingly called upon to negotiate workable agreements about how to best use, manage and care for water resources. This book makes the case for constructive engagement and cooperative forms of negotiation in dealing with complex water issues.
This report is the seventh iteration of the biennial listing of a consensus of the 25 primate species considered to be among the most endangered worldwide and the most in need of conservation measures.
Author(s):
Chiozza, Federica
Clark, Fay E.
Mittermeier, Russell A.
Rylands, Anthony B.
Schwitzer, Christoph
Taylor, Lucy A.
Wallis, Janette
Williamson, Elizabeth A.
Organization(s):
Bristol Zoological Society (BZS), UK
Conservation International
International Primatological Society
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
Management of transboundary waters in increasingly becoming more challenging, and climate change is likely to exacerbate these pressures. Not least because climate change is a global issue, adaptation will require an international response.
Reflexiones Mediterráneas 2012-2013 de UICN es un informe que resume las principales actividades del Centro de Cooperación del Mediterráneo de la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (UICN-Med) desarrolladas por los distintos programas que están operativos desde Mála
El comercio de productos de madera en la región de Centroamérica y la República Dominicana presenta en la actualidad grandes retos en cuanto a su sistema de reporte y verificación de estadísticas. Mediante el trabajo de un grupo regional de consultores y colaboradores nacionales, se hizo un análi
Author(s):
Milla Quesada, Víctor
Navarro Monge, Guillermo A.
Santamaría Gutiérrez, Oscar J.
Vargas Bolívar, Luis C.
Organization(s):
IUCN
European Forest Institute
IUCN, Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC)
